Comments on: Bobby F’N Layne http://www.detroitlionsblog.com/wp/archives/2008/02/17/bobby-fn-layne/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:33:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Hondo http://www.detroitlionsblog.com/wp/archives/2008/02/17/bobby-fn-layne/#comment-19696 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:13:14 +0000 http://www.detroitlionsblog.com/wp/archives/2008/02/17/bobby-fn-layne/#comment-19696 I have those same images of Bobby Layne. His status is legendary. I know of no other individual not named Cobb, Ruth, or Mays that so many people (in this area) who have never seen him play and have only seen brief clips of him would say that he was so great. I just want to enjoy football. It doesn't have to be a thing of misery does it? Oh well. It's hockey season and baseball starts in 42 days. I'll live. Keep the pressure on! I have those same images of Bobby Layne. His status is legendary. I know of no other individual not named Cobb, Ruth, or Mays that so many people (in this area) who have never seen him play and have only seen brief clips of him would say that he was so great. I just want to enjoy football. It doesn’t have to be a thing of misery does it? Oh well. It’s hockey season and baseball starts in 42 days. I’ll live. Keep the pressure on!

]]> by: Steve http://www.detroitlionsblog.com/wp/archives/2008/02/17/bobby-fn-layne/#comment-19686 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:12:32 +0000 http://www.detroitlionsblog.com/wp/archives/2008/02/17/bobby-fn-layne/#comment-19686 Yukon--I certainly don't intend to piss in your corn flakes, as it were. I hope that in some distant, indirect way this blog applies the pressure necessary for the Lions dreadful organization to take the steps necessary to actually improve in the future. The curse is a case of fan rationalization on a grand scale. There is no curse, except for the bounty of them that fly out of my mouth each and every Sunday in response to the Lions ineptitude. You and I have the misfortune to know each other well enough to know that we each would like nothing more than actually seeing this team succeed. It's remarkable the impact the legendary Layne has locally, though. Most of us never saw him play, but yet we believe that he could march John Wayne-like through brick walls and would spit bullets at his foes meanwhile, guzzling fifths of liquor for fun... Kitna sort of approaches Layne's toughness, but is nowhere near the leader or player that Layne was.  Layne would have likely bitch-slapped Jeff Backus and put his foot up   George Foster's ass, that you can bet, an approach that Kitna probably considered but didn't possess the cajones to follow through with. As for the aforementioned hall of fame running back, do you ever wonder how many sleepless nights he has had about his damned career with the Lions?  I'm not ashamed, I have.... Yukon–I certainly don’t intend to piss in your corn flakes, as it were. I hope that in some distant, indirect way this blog applies the pressure necessary for the Lions dreadful organization to take the steps necessary to actually improve in the future.

The curse is a case of fan rationalization on a grand scale. There is no curse, except for the bounty of them that fly out of my mouth each and every Sunday in response to the Lions ineptitude.

You and I have the misfortune to know each other well enough to know that we each would like nothing more than actually seeing this team succeed.

It’s remarkable the impact the legendary Layne has locally, though. Most of us never saw him play, but yet we believe that he could march John Wayne-like through brick walls and would spit bullets at his foes meanwhile, guzzling fifths of liquor for fun…

Kitna sort of approaches Layne’s toughness, but is nowhere near the leader or player that Layne was.  Layne would have likely bitch-slapped Jeff Backus and put his foot up   George Foster’s ass, that you can bet, an approach that Kitna probably considered but didn’t possess the cajones to follow through with.

As for the aforementioned hall of fame running back, do you ever wonder how many sleepless nights he has had about his damned career with the Lions?  I’m not ashamed, I have….

]]> by: Nfl » Bobby F’N Layne http://www.detroitlionsblog.com/wp/archives/2008/02/17/bobby-fn-layne/#comment-19657 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:55:36 +0000 http://www.detroitlionsblog.com/wp/archives/2008/02/17/bobby-fn-layne/#comment-19657 [...] Seahawks.NET wrote an interesting post today on Bobby F’N LayneHere’s a quick excerpt…since the Lions have proved to be such incompetent judges of what characterizes a competent, let alone championship caliber, NFL quarterback. [...] […] Seahawks.NET wrote an interesting post today on Bobby F’N LayneHere’s a quick excerpt…since the Lions have proved to be such incompetent judges of what characterizes a competent, let alone championship caliber, NFL quarterback. […]

]]> by: Tom Brady » Bobby F’N Layne http://www.detroitlionsblog.com/wp/archives/2008/02/17/bobby-fn-layne/#comment-19656 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:46:56 +0000 http://www.detroitlionsblog.com/wp/archives/2008/02/17/bobby-fn-layne/#comment-19656 [...] admin_huliq wrote an interesting post today on Bobby F’N LayneHere’s a quick excerptGrowing up in Michigan, as a Lions fan, Bobby Layne has always stood out in Bunyan-esque proportions, due to his devil-may-care, gunslinging swagger [...] […] admin_huliq wrote an interesting post today on Bobby F’N LayneHere’s a quick excerptGrowing up in Michigan, as a Lions fan, Bobby Layne has always stood out in Bunyan-esque proportions, due to his devil-may-care, gunslinging swagger […]

]]> by: Hondo http://www.detroitlionsblog.com/wp/archives/2008/02/17/bobby-fn-layne/#comment-19655 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:55:10 +0000 http://www.detroitlionsblog.com/wp/archives/2008/02/17/bobby-fn-layne/#comment-19655 Bobby Layne . . . I still have a 1995 SI cover with him on it somewhere with the caption "The Toughest Quarterback of All Time." Enough with curses. Besides--curses are broken. Look at the Red Sox--they overcame the "Curse of the Bambino." This means that, if the Lions were to keep on tract with the BoSox, they will win another NFL title in 35 short years. Besides, maybe someday they will draft a player, a runningback for example, who will be so good that any team with him cannot possibly fail. Wait, we did, and we failed. The Lions are cursed. It's over. Thanks for ruining my day Blogman. Then again, I suppose that when I read a Lions blog, I shouldn't be expecting sunshine and bubblegum. Bobby Layne . . . I still have a 1995 SI cover with him on it somewhere with the caption “The Toughest Quarterback of All Time.”

Enough with curses. Besides–curses are broken. Look at the Red Sox–they overcame the “Curse of the Bambino.” This means that, if the Lions were to keep on tract with the BoSox, they will win another NFL title in 35 short years.

Besides, maybe someday they will draft a player, a runningback for example, who will be so good that any team with him cannot possibly fail. Wait, we did, and we failed.

The Lions are cursed. It’s over. Thanks for ruining my day Blogman. Then again, I suppose that when I read a Lions blog, I shouldn’t be expecting sunshine and bubblegum.

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